Date: May 11, 12, 2020 Time: day break Location: Clear Lake Air temperature:64-60 degrees Water temperature:62-67 degrees Seasonal fish pattern: spawn and post spawn Wind direction speed: Blew from the NW at 20-25 mph, 3 to 4 footers in the South I spent the evening of the 11th with RB Angler Bob Tyler at his […]
Lake Don Pedro Fishing Report by Christian Ostrander
Water Temp: 68 Pedro is finally open and I was able to get out a couple times. Fishing is great for numbers right now and getting a few 5-6 pounders mixed in. I caught fish on everything I threw. Top water, crank baits, jigs, even some Swim bait action. Fish are scattered throughout the water […]
Phenix Rods Review by Arlando Abella
In this day and age, there more rod companies than there ever has been before with great performing rods from every brand. Today I would like to discuss a little bit about phenix rods. Located in Bellflower, California. Phenix rods has been delivering quality and custom rods to the fishing industry since 1977. Phenix rods […]
Dobyns Rods Review by Mike Rogers
Going fishing? Need a great fishing rod? Hmmmm….Which Rod company to get yours from? Well I use Dobyns Rods for several reasons. I have severe arthritis in my thumb joints, especially at the base joints, and I have had 7 shoulder surgeries. So it’s hard to continually use the thumb working the reel when punching […]
Phenix Rod Review by Jeff Jewell
Having recently picked up a couple of Phenix Feather casting rods I thought I’d give a quick review, as these are pretty new to SouthEast Missouri. I was fortunate enough to put both a FTX-77MH and a FTX-77H through their paces for a week at Lake Guntersville, Alabama. Phenix Rods owner Vince Borges suggested the […]
Lake Guntersville Fishing Report by Jeff Jewell
My Buddy Jamie Toon asked me to tag along with him to Alabama’s famed Lake Guntersville for 5 days of bass fishing. Now there’s a social distancing option I couldn’t pass up. We hooked up his Phoenix 921 ProXP and started the six hour drive south dreaming about some big bass. We wouldn’t be disappointed. […]
CA Delta Fishing Report By Christian Ostrander
Water temp 56-61 Over the past couple weeks I’ve been spending most of my time on the delta due to the closures of many lakes. The delta hasn’t been easy lately. They will use certain areas for a couple days then leave and with the cold weather lately it’s been difficult to find a consistent […]
CA Delta Fishing Report by Alex Sanchez
Date 3/26/20 Water Temp: 58-62 Water Clarity: 3-6 feet I fished the delta for a few hours, didn’t start fishing until about 11am until 6pm. Tide was high outgoing, we mainly fished low tide all afternoon. It’s was sunny blue bird sky and 15-20mph wind. We fished north delta with little high tide we had […]
CA Delta Fishing Report by Chris Evola
Date: 3/25/20 Water temperature: 56-58 Water clarity: 3-12 feet Air temperature: 48-59 Wind direction/speed: North 5-15 mph Seasonal fish pattern: winter transition/pre spawn/spawn Moon phase: New Moon Tidal influence: high outgoing On March 25th 2020 my buddy Justin Mesinheiner and I decided to try our luck fishing the California Delta. We launched at first light […]
Remembering Some Old Lures #3 by Mike Rogers
In this 3rd installment of “old lures”, Mike shares info on The Fish Getter, The Mud Puppy and Potter Baits Duz Biz. If you search further through old tackle boxes, and I love going through them, you might find a lure that looks like a Mepps, Blue Fox, or a Panther Martin, and it […]